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"Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness."Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, past President of India (2002-2007)

Whether problems are big or small, involve a team or a person, and assail a country or a business, problems can be solved. Isn't it true that good solutions, one after the other, pave the ways to successes? Isn't it also true that almost everyone has learned problem-solving in school? If those are true statements, then why are few people truly successful and happy?

Problem-solving doesn't teach people about failure and success. Problem-solving is only an aid to success. Failure, success, and well-being were once taught more commonly, but they have been long neglected by most schools, colleges, and people. To solve that need, many coaches focus upon the development of success, failure, and/or well-being.

What stops people from thinking about success?There are a myriad of reasons, but these are some of the important:1. Many people do not dream about goals and do not think about successful paths.2. Many people defeat themselves with negative thoughts and emotions.3. Many people assume that they don't have talent.4. Many people confuse talent with daily effort.5. Many people passively rely upon technology.6. Many people develop helplessness.7. Many people fear what success might require.8. Many people analyze perceived pain and pleasure incorrectly.9. Many people assume that school will automatically award them with success.

What does ECRIT do?​ECRIT coaches help people to learn how to start thinking about success and well-being. ECRIT coaches also help people to realize how their perspectives, emotions, and behaviors prevent them from easily being far better than they are.

"You have to dream before your dreams can come true."Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, past President of India (2002-2007)

What prevents people from developing the success they dream about?There are many reasons for this problem as well, including the following:1. Many people lack solid goals and careful plans.2. Many people confuse success with well-being, or vice versa.3. Many people have misconceptions about the process of developing success and well-being.4. Many people have misconceptions about the best ways to use their brains. They take drugs and/or rely upon apps.5. Many people get bogged down by obstacles, internal resistance, and external resistance.6. Many people prefer short cuts, but most short cuts curtail mastery and create problems.7. Many people suffer from bad advice from supposed mentors and coaches.8. Many people suffer from lack of leadership and organizational skills.9. Many people don't know how to transform someone else.

When it comes down to it, because people are not guided through the application of success. After they start, they are not trained to think about success carefully but are misguided by misconceptions and limited examples. People might not realize they use principals of success that are too simplistic, incorrect, and/or contradictory. As a result, they might work very hard without succeeding because tips and unsystematic methods aren't enough to address complexity or specificity.

What is the ECRIT solution?ECRIT clears the smoke by providing practical application and expert help.

"... the focus on talent distracts us from something that is at least as important, and that is effort... It seems that when anyone accomplishes a feat worth writing about, we rush to anoint that individual as extraordinarily "talented." If we overemphasize talent, we underemphasize everything else."Psychology Professor Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

What prevents solid goals and careful plans from succeeding?1. Limited knowledge, lack of skill, and lack of experience can derail carefully planned development. ​2. Limited insight and feedback about the actual situation that derailed a seemingly good strategy and effort.3. Even if people overcome typical obstacles, there are many more internal and external causes of failure: a. Internal Causes: Cognitive biases, defense mechanisms, subconscious feelings, bad/old habits, etc. b. External Causes: Lack of harmony, pettiness, opposition, rivalry, lack of leadership, etc.

How does ECRIT avert failure?ECRIT provides experts to help leaders, professionals, and students assess their situation, apply what they learn, understand the complexity of psychology, avert the resistances, and survive crises that prevent success.

"A man who has committed a mistake and hasn't corrected it is making another mistake."Confucius

What causes failure after past successes?1. Complacent leaders and followers.2. Lack of insight about changing conditions.3. Failure to train new leaders and skilled workers.4. Failure to plan for the next categories of goals.5. Failure to prepare for the next goals and paths.6. Failure of a leader to change their mindset & methods.7. Failure of followers to change their mindset & methods.8. Past successes were misjudged as great or good enough.9. Past successes did not lead to the next new goal.

How does ECRIT help?ECRIT teaches and prepares about issues of failure thoroughly.

"When all your judgments are based on your own wisdom, you tend toward selfishness and fail by straying from the right path... We learn about the sayings and deeds of the men of old in order to entrust ourselves to their wisdom and prevent selfishness. When we throw off our own bias, follow the sayings of the ancients, and confer with other people, matters should go well without mishap."Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hidden by Leaves (early 18th Century)